Chapter six

She carried her in her arms and kept her in her shoulder as she walked in to lay her down.

‘Madam, ma’am,’ A voice was calling out to her and a hand was trying to wake her up.

‘Uhh,’ she started.

‘Well, I’m sorry ma’am you h’d better wake up otherwise you would miss your flight,’ the air hostess said.

‘Thank you,’ she said as she adjusted her sun-shade and rose to move.

‘You are welcome,’ the voice said.

The queue was almost disappearing by the time she reached. She was almost the last person to be checked. ‘How long had she been sleeping in that reception hall?’ She asked herself.

She went straight to the security officials checking passengers and their luggage.

All her life she had never experienced this.

She could not allow herself to come up with an answer regarding the reason behind her sleep this afternoon. She prayed that today should be auspicious given the fact that she was going to fly in the next couple of minutes.

When the security official was through with his sc